Chapter 6: Barbecue Meets Rain

  On Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Li Han sent a detailed text message to Xia Meng describing the location of the barbecue: On the west side of the riverbank, passing through the orchard, walking along the mountain road for about 2000 meters, passing by a large banyan tree, there is a small waterfall, and it's right at the bottom of the small waterfall. He and Zhang Li had already set up the barbecue stall.

  Xia Meng pulled Chen Yu Meng, who was talking more than usual due to excitement, holding her phone and searching for something. "Meng Meng, what's your dream?" Before Xia Meng could answer, Chen Yu Meng continued, "I hope I can attend the same university as Li Han, at least take the exam in the same city. Meng Meng, I don't want to be separated from you either! Meng Meng, I want to apply to X University's Medical College, but I wonder if Li Han will support me?"

  Xia Meng smiled and said: "Why plan your dreams?"

  "Mengmeng, you don't understand. Mengmeng, what kind of boy would you like?"

  Xia thought for a moment and replied: "A perfect male god, haha."

  "Haha, you're silly, but he's a perfect male god, however, Li Han is already very perfect and excellent in my eyes."

  "With him being like that, he's still a male god? Cut!" Xia Meng said with disdain, Ah, it's really "beauty is in the eye of the beholder".

  "But, Mengmeng, it would be great if you were a man. Your height matches mine perfectly, and your build is just right, plus you're very smart." Xiaomeng couldn't stop giggling. Yumeng suddenly pointed at Xiaomeng's pants and said: "Mengmeng, why didn't you wear loose sports pants today? We are going hiking!"

  "Who knew Li Han moved the barbecue to the mountain? I thought it was on the flat land by the river!" Xia Meng helplessly stared at her pants, which she had discovered had a problem with the crotch last week.

  Xia Meng found Li Han and Zhang Li at the bottom of the waterfall, as described in the text message. They were busy beside a barbecue rack, with a blanket spread out on the empty ground next to them, covered with roasted food and drinks.

  Xia Meng and Yu Meng looked around, as if they were in a fairyland.

  The waterfall in front of me is about 4 or 5 meters high, and the pool water is about half a meter deep. The amount of water in the waterfall is not large, and it vertically splashes into the emerald green pool water, stirring up circle after circle of ripples. The surrounding area of the waterfall is surrounded by large and small maple trees, with slightly reddish leaves. Every time the wind blows gently, the maple forest seems to have countless fairies wearing red dance clothes dancing in the air, swaying and falling to the ground.

  Yu Meng held up the roasted chicken and stood beside Li Han, who was busy with his hands and feet, feeding him, using a paper towel to carefully wipe the corners of his mouth. Only Xia Meng sat on the blanket without any politeness, eating and drinking loudly.

  Zhang Li brought over the roasted food, and Xia Meng smiled and invited him to sit down. "Zhang Li, let them be over there, we'll take care of eating." Zhang Li glanced at Li Han and Yu Meng, who were being affectionate, and said with a smile: "They're working hard to comfort you, the matchmaker, it's only right!" Xia Meng laughed and said: "Zhang Li, if our school flower knew someone was dating under her nose, what kind of expression do you think she'd have?"

  "Haha, what else can they do? At most, they'll just give a warning. The school flower is actually a paper tiger, you don't have to be afraid of her!"

  "How can I not be afraid? During class exercises, as long as she stares at me with her big round eyes, I get chills!"

  "What? No way! Did you do something wrong and are now afraid of her?"

  "I'm not afraid of her, are you?" Xia Meng stood up, hands on hips, swaying back and forth while mimicking the tone of the school's beauty, the head of the teaching department: "'Classmates, today you make our school proud, tomorrow our school will be proud of you. You must remember that coming to A Middle School is for learning cultural knowledge. Your current task, apart from studying, is still studying. Your three years in high school should live up to your youth, live up to your parents' hard work and nurturing, live up to your teachers' careful guidance. Don't waste time doing meaningless things, wasting precious life! Delaying your future!' Huh, she repeats these useless words every day, isn't it annoying?"

  Zhang Li watched Xia Meng's imitation show, holding back a smile: "If Lai Director saw that the one imitating her was such an adorable girl, she would definitely be overjoyed, because you imitated her youth, beauty and charm!"

  "Hey Zhang Li, I'm telling you, the school flower might not be a woman! She's a hundred times more fierce than a tigress, definitely can't have kids. Which kid would want a mom like that?!"

  "Lai Director must be a woman, what's wrong with your brain? I bet she has kids too." Zhang Li laughed and tapped Xia Meng's head.

  "She's also an abnormal woman, a middle-aged woman! I have to take a detour when I see her!"

  "Why?"

  "I saw her scolding a pair of male and female classmates, what she said was really unpleasant!"

  "She definitely wouldn't scold you like that. Because you're so cute!"

  "In short, I don't like that hag!"

  "What's going on?" Li Han and Yu Meng came over with a big pile of roasted food.

  "Tell the school flower, Director Lai, you two should be careful in the future, don't let Director Lai catch you!" Xia Meng said with a smile. Yu Meng glanced at Li Han's embarrassed lowered head, and Li Han patted Xia Meng's head, "Are you eating too much, bloated?"

  Xia Meng was really full, she felt a bit uncomfortable in her stomach and stopped eating. "I want to climb to the top of the waterfall and see the view above, digest the food in my stomach, Yu Meng are you going?"

  "The rocks up there are slippery, Rain Meng can't go! If you want to go, you go alone!" Li Han said, knowing he couldn't stop Xia Meng. Rain Meng nodded shyly. Humph, quite understanding of taking care of his girlfriend, Xia Meng thought, glancing at Li Han and smiling as she ran towards the waterfall. With her skills, climbing a 4 or 5 meter high cliff was a piece of cake.

  Xia Meng carefully grasped the branch on the cliff, climbed to the top of the waterfall, and excitedly waved her hands, shouting "Woo-hoo!" at the people below. Li Han gazed up at the silly girl with a hint of a smile on his lips.

  "I'll just spin around on this for a bit and then I'll go down!" Xia Meng turned around and ran upstream along the small creek.

  The creek water is clear and visible to the bottom, with some small shrimp swimming around. When you turn over a stone, a small crab scurries away in panic. The creek banks are filled with unknown wildflowers, which emit a fragrant scent when Summer leans in close. Birds on the trees sing sweet and pleasant songs!

  Summer dreams climbed up the mountain along the creek like a paradise, lingering and forgetting time and space.

  Suddenly, the phone rang, and Yu Meng anxiously said on the phone: "Meng Meng, where are you? It's going to rain soon, hurry down!"

  Xia Meng raised her head to look at the sky, unaware of when the sky was densely covered with dark clouds. "Ah, I'm halfway up the mountain, I'll go down right away!" Xia Meng hurriedly walked back.

  It's easy to go up a mountain but difficult to come down, this is absolutely true. The rocks are covered with moss, and every step downwards is extremely arduous.

  The sky is getting darker and darker, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, the rocks are getting more and more slippery, Xia Meng rushes to a huge rock, anxious and at a loss.

  "Hurry up and jump down!" Xia Meng found Li Han standing in the creek water under the giant rock, anxiously gesturing to her with open arms.

  Xia Meng hesitated for a moment, then jumped down and was caught by Li Han.

  With a "ripping" sound, Xia Meng's pants split open at the crotch! That's right, her crotch ripped open! And it even ripped all the way to her thigh!

  Xia Meng's face turned red with embarrassment, and she wished she could dig a hole in the ground to hide.

  Li Han stared at Xia Meng's pants turning into a skirt, his eyes wide with surprise. Xia Meng was furious and anxious, her face bright red, tears welling up in her eyes. She punched Li Han, "It's all your fault, it's all your fault!"

  Li Han suppressed his laughter, took off his shirt and only wore the vest inside, then tied the shirt around Xia Meng's waist. "I swear, I definitely won't tell anyone about this! This is just between us two, like all your other secrets!"

  Li Han was about to laugh so hard that he would get internal injuries. "Let's hurry up, the rain is getting heavier and the creek water will surge soon, it's very dangerous. Chen Yu Meng and Zhang Li have already gone down the mountain ahead of us. You're holding my hand from behind, listen to my instructions and follow me down, don't step on empty air!"

  Xia Meng twisted and turned, but could only let Li Han pull her hand down the mountain.

  Arriving at the top of the waterfall, Li Han first climbed down and directed Xia Meng to slide down from the cliff.

  Xiǎ Mèng yīn wèi yāo jiān de chèn yī dǎng zhù le shì xiàn, yī bù liú shén, yòu jiǎo yī xià cǎi kōng, xié huá le chū qù.

  "Ah" - With a cry, Xia Meng's body lost control and fell down, her right shoe came off, and the sole of her foot scraped against the rock. Li Han grabbed Xia Meng from below, and the two of them tumbled into the pool together.

  Xia Meng lay on Li Han's body, and Li Han supported the weight of both with his left elbow.

  Xiǎ Mèng hastily stood up, her feet scraping against the sharp rocks at the bottom of the water again, and the intense pain made Xiǎ Mèng involuntarily cry out.

  Li Han hastily picked up Xia Meng and found that Xia Meng's right foot was bleeding profusely. Li Han discovered a dandelion by the shore, plucked some leaves, chewed them in his mouth, and applied them to the sole of Xia Meng's foot. Then he said to Xia Meng, "I can only carry you down the mountain, it's going to get dark soon, it's too dangerous!"

  Xia Meng gritted her teeth and climbed onto Li Han's back.